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Date: Sun, 06 Feb 2000 18:25:34 -0800
From: "Wilkerson, Richard" <rcwilk-AT-dreamgate.com>
Subject: Re: Virtualization as Hominzation


on virtual heterogenesis vs borg beehive

   In a chapter I am writing on postmodern dreaming, I have begun exploring 
how the Star Trek series is dealing with the Net via the encounter with the 
Borg.  This is,  how the encounter with the Borg aptly describes the series 
fearful realization that they hadn't really dealt with virtualization and 
its effects on the everyday habits and life of the individuals.  The Borg 
represent many of the fears of those who suspect the Net as the harbinger 
of simulation society and fear being assimilated.  To cope with this, the 
Borg are reduced to a sexual object (Seven of Nine) and the focus of the 
show is now to "humanize" this Blonde Borg Bombshell.
   But in fact, the series is about to end as it no longer functions as a 
vision of the future and is about to become seen by the current generation 
like we now view Buck Rogers.

   -Richard



   

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